Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections
# Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards, having previously been held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wirral Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

## Council elections

Since the first election in 1973, boundary changes have occurred in 1980 (where a third of the council were up for election) and in 2004 (where there was an all out election).

* 1973 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1975 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1976 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1978 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1979 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1980 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1982 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1988 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1991 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1992 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1994 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1995 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1996 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1999 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2000 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2002 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2003 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2004 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2006 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2007 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2008 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2010 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2011 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2012 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2014 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2015 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2022 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2023 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

## Borough result maps

* 1973 results map
* 1975 results map
* 1976 results map
* 1978 results map
* 1979 results map
* 1980 results map
* 1982 results map
* 1983 results map
* 1984 results map
* 1986 results map
* 1987 results map
* 1988 results map
* 1990 results map
* 1991 results map
* 1992 results map
* 1994 results map
* 1995 results map
* 1996 results map
* 1998 results map
* 1999 results map
* 2000 results map
* 2002 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2004 results map
* 2006 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2008 results map
* 2010 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2012 results map
* 2014 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2016 results map
* 2018 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map

## Changes between election

### 1979–2004 boundaries

**Wallasey by-election 1997**

By-election, 13 March 1997: Wallasey :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 1,781 | 47.3 | 3.1 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth McArdle | 1,490 | 39.5 | 1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 443 | 11.8 | 0.4 |
| | Green | George Bowler | 54 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 7.7 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.2 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.2 | |

**Prenton by-election 2003**

By-election, 6 February 2003: Prenton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 1,764 | 63.3 | 9.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian McKellar | 634 | 22.7 | 0.9 |
| | Labour | Gerard Allen | 389 | 14.0 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,130 | 40.6 | 12.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,596 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.0 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.0 | |

### 2004–present boundaries

**Moreton West and Saughall Massie by-election 2009**

By-election, 26 November 2009: Moreton West and Saughall Massie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Steve Williams | 2,255 | 70.1 | 1.0 |
| | Labour | Andrew Hollingworth | 615 | 19.1 | 2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Pitt | 134 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| | Independent | Alec McFadden | 121 | 3.8 | New |
| | Green | Jim McGinley | 92 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,640 | 51.0 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.0 | 9.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

**Leasowe and Moreton East by-election 2013**

By-election, 17 January 2013: Leasowe and Moreton East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ian Lewis | 1,620 | 50.5 | 7.2 |
| | Labour | Pauline Daniels | 1,355 | 42.2 | 8.8 |
| | UKIP | Susan Whitham | 148 | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| | TUSC | Mark Halligan | 31 | 1.0 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 28 | 0.9 | New |
| | Green | Jim McGinley | 28 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,551 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.5 | 8.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.0 | |

**Heswall by-election 2013**

By-election, 17 January 2013: Heswall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Hodson | 1,254 | 58.8 | 3.9 |
| | UKIP | David Scott | 460 | 21.6 | 12.2 |
| | Labour | Mike Holliday | 289 | 13.6 | -4.2 |
| | Green | Barbara Burton | 110 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| | TUSC | Greg North | 19 | 0.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 37.2 | 7.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,855 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 19.7 | 20.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 3.9 | |

**Pensby and Thingwall by-election 2013**

By-election, 28 February 2013: Pensby and Thingwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Phillip Brightmore | 1,411 | 38.5 | 5.7 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Clarke | 868 | 23.7 | 4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damien Cummins | 834 | 22.7 | 2.5 |
| | UKIP | Jan Davison | 426 | 11.6 | 2.4 |
| | Green | Allen Burton | 74 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| | English Democrat | Neil Kenny | 53 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | 14.8 | 10.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,487 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0 | 6.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.2 | |

**Upton by-election 2013**

By-election, 24 October 2013: Upton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Matthew Patrick | 1,954 | 65.4 | 5.8 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Gubb | 762 | 25.5 | 2.9 |
| | Green | Jim McGinley | 143 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 130 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,192 | 39.9 | 2.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,154 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,031 | 24.9 | 9.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 | |

**Claughton by-election 2017**

By-election, 4 May 2017: Claughton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Gillian Wood | 1,761 | 52.4 | 14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 740 | 22.0 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Sinclair | 567 | 16.9 | 1.0 |
| | Green | Liz Heydon | 136 | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| | UK_Independence_Party | Beryl Jones | 130 | 3.9 | New |
| | TUSC | Leon Wheddon | 27 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 976 | 30.4 | 18.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,336 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,372 | 29.7 | 1.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 20.4 | |

**Bromborough by-election 2018**

By-election, 23 August 2018: Bromborough :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Co-op | Jo Bird | 1,253 | 47.1 | 14.0 |
| | Conservative | Des Drury | 749 | 28.1 | 6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vicky Downie | 454 | 17.1 | 6.0 |
| | Independent | Steve Niblock | 147 | 5.5 | New |
| | Green | Susan Braddock | 59 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 19.0 | 20.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,760 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2664 | 22.7 | 6.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.0 | |

**Upton by-election 2018**

By-election, 22 November 2018: Upton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jean Robinson | 1,490 | 61.3 | 3.1 |
| | Conservative | Emma Sellman | 705 | 29.0 | 0.4 |
| | Green | Lily Clough | 151 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 83 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 785 | 32.3 | 2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,040 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,434 | 20.2 | 11.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.4 | |

**Liscard by-election 2021**

By-election, 22 July 2021: Liscard :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Daisy Kenny | 1,137 | 53.6 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | Jane Owens | 582 | 27.4 | 1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Arrowsmith | 201 | 9.5 | 2.9 |
| | Green | Edward Lamb | 109 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| | Independent | Lynda Williams | 68 | 3.2 | New |
| | For Britain | Gary Bergin | 26 | 1.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 26.1 | 4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,399 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,128 | 18.7 | 10.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 | |

**Oxton by-election 2021**

By-election, 25 November 2021: Oxton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Orod Osanlou | 1,666 | 68.3 | 11.3 |
| | Labour Co-op | Sue Mahoney | 460 | 18.8 | 7.1 |
| | Conservative | Philip Merry | 168 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| | Green | Mary Heydon | 147 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,206 | 49.4 | 18.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,795 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22.7 | 2,447 | 14.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.2 | |

**Liscard by-election 2022**

By-election, 14 July 2022: Liscard :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | James Laing | 1,304 | 64.8 | |
| | Conservative | Jane Owens | 370 | 18.4 | 1.4 |
| | Green | Nadia Parson | 172 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Arrowsmith | 167 | 8.3 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 46.4 | 1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,795 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,027 | 18.8 | 10.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.7 | |

## Changes in affiliation

| Previous election | Date | Ward | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1975 | September 1975 | New Brighton-Wallasey-Warren | Kate Wood | Liberal | Conservative | Defected. |
| 1988 | October 1988 | Egerton | Alec Dunn | Labour | Independent Labour | Expelled. |
| 1988 | October 1988 | Leasowe | Jim Edwards | Labour | Independent Labour | Expelled. |
| 1988 | October 1988 | Leasowe | Ken Fox | Labour | Independent Labour | Expelled. |
| 1990 | ? | Egerton | Alec Dunn | Independent Labour | Liberal Democrats | Defected. |
| 1992 | March 1994 | Eastham | Vera Ruck | Labour | Conservative | Defected. |
| 1996 | ? | Prenton | Ed Cunniffe | Liberal Democrats | Ind. Liberal Democrat | Resigned. |
| 1998 | June 1998 | Prenton | Ed Cunniffe | Ind. Liberal Democrat | Labour | Defected. |
| 2000 | December 2001 | Egerton | Colin Dow | Labour | Independent | Whip removed. |
| 2000 | February 2002 | Bebington | Kath Shaughnessy | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2004 | November 2004 | Hoylake and Meols | Hilary Jones | Conservative | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2004 | April 2005 | Pensby and Thingwall | Oliver Adam | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Defected. |
| 2004 | ? | Hoylake and Meols | Hilary Jones | Independent | UKIP | Defected. |
| 2007 | May 2007 | Clatterbridge | Isabel Moon | Liberal Democrats | Ind. Liberal Democrat | Resigned. |
| 2007 | June 2007 | Hoylake and Meols | David Kirwan | Conservative | Ind. Conservative | Resigned. |
| 2008 | 18 May 2009 | Seacombe | Denis Knowles | Labour | Conservative | Defected. |
| 2011 | 16 May 2011 | Bromborough | Steve Niblock | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Defected. |
| 2012 | 30 April 2013 | Pensby and Thingwall | Mark Johnston | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2015 | ? | Bromborough | Steve Niblock | Labour | Independent | Deselected. |
| 2018 | 28 August 2018 | Pensby and Thingwall | Mike Suillvan | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2018 | 25 October 2018 | Rock Ferry | Moira McLaughlin | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2018 | January 2019 | Rock Ferry | Chris Meaden | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2018 | 4 March 2019 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Labour Co-op | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2018 | 14 March 2019 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Independent | Labour Co-op | Reinstated. |
| 2018 | 18 March 2019 | Rock Ferry | Bill Davies | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2018 | April 2019 | Oxton | Paul Doughty | Labour | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2019 | 17 July 2019 | Greasby, Frankby and Irby | David Burgess-Joyce | Conservative | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2019 | 6 February 2020 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Labour Co-op | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2019 | 15 February 2020 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Independent | Labour Co-op | Reinstated. |
| 2019 | 9 August 2020 | Birkenhead and Tranmere | Steve Hayes | Green | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2019 | After 20 July 2020 | Greasby, Frankby and Irby | David Burgess-Joyce | Independent | Conservative | Reinstated. |
| 2019 | 14 November 2020 | Hoylake and Meols | Tony Cox | Conservative | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2019 | December 2020 | Prenton | Tony Norbury | Labour | Independent | Suspended. |
| 2019 | February 2021 | Prenton | Tony Norbury | Independent | Labour | Reinstated. |
| 2019 | After November 2020 | Hoylake and Meols | Tony Cox | Independent | Conservative | Reinstated. |
| 2021 | 19 November 2021 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Labour Co-op | Independent | Expelled. |
| 2021 | February 2022 | Leasowe and Moreton East | Karl Greaney | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2021 | 22 March 2022 | Bromborough | Jo Bird | Independent | Green | Defected. |
| 2022 | 12 April 2023 | Greasby, Frankby and Irby | David Burgess-Joyce | Conservative | Independent | Deselected and resigned to stand as an Independent. |
| 2022 | 17 April 2023 | Rock Ferry | Yvonne Nolan | Labour | Independent | Deselected and resigned to stand as an Independent. |
| 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Rock Ferry | Clare O'Hagan | Labour | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2022 | 3 May 2023 | Rock Ferry | Chris Davies | Labour | Independent | Deselected and resigned. |
